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Courts
Injuct Assin North MP –NPP to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court could however not hear the application when the case was called on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, due to failure to serve the writ and processes on the defendant.
DL News1 February 2022
Courts
Petition to remove EC chair: EC Bosses file writ at SC
According to the writ filed at the apex court, the plaintiffs argue inter alia that the petitioner’s publication of the content of the said petition to the President of the Republic in the media (traditional and Social) is against article 1...
DL News28 January 2022
Crime
Three nabbed over suspected murder of teenager in Nhyiaeso
Police in the Ashanti Region have retrieved the mutilated body of a 15-year-old boy who was allegedly butchered to death by persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at Nhyiaeso, a town in the Ananekrom Electoral Area.
DL News18 January 2022
Africa
‘Sanction presidents who amend constitutions to gain undue advantage’
Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Leader of Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, highlighted some of the democratic gains in Ghana and ECOWAS as a whole.
DL News16 December 2021
Election Petition
Reliefs challenging Amewu’s election are wrong – Supreme Court to Tsatsu
The Supreme Court of Ghana has quashed the interim restraining orders placed on the Member of Parliament- Elect for Hohoe.
DL News30 October 2021
Courts
Asiedu Nketia, Jean Mensa, others to be cross-examined in Techiman South election petition
The suit seeks to quash the declaration of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP), Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah as Techiman South MP, and declare Dr. Christopher Beyere Baasongti as the legitimate winner of the Techiman South parliamentary elections
CITINEWSROOM22 October 2021
General
Stop demanding money from politicians to curb corruption – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
"Requesting money from politicians especially during elections compelled them to use dubious means to recoup what they had spent"
Graphic Online21 October 2021
Election Petition
Blame EC for electoral fraud in Cape Coast MCE election – Assembly Members
This claim was nonetheless reported to Accra-based JoyNews by one of the Assembly Members who noted that “somebody snatched some of the ballot papers. We didn’t know the number and what was going on
DL News18 October 2021
Election Petition
EC chair should have mounted witness box during 2020 Election Petition-Mahama
“I humbly refer to Ghana’s 2020 elections as historic for the transparency, the credibility, the cost-effectiveness, the high turn-out, and the peaceful conduct that characterized it
DL News15 October 2021
General
EC: We’re not creating new constituencies
In 2012 the election management body increased the number of constituencies from 230 to the current 275.
DL News9 October 2021
Crime
C/R: Four children believed to have swum in sacred parts of the sea drown in Komenda
DCOP Kojo Tabi told the media that the children were aged 12, 13, 15 and 20.
DL News5 October 2021
Courts
Prophet in court for allegedly sexually molesting 3 teenage boys
Assembly Member for Asebu Amantendo Electoral Area, Richard Mbea, narrating the incident, disclosed that his senior high school-going nephew happens to be one of the victims.
DL News24 September 2021
General
Review Constitution to reflect changing times – Dr Alidu
There have been calls by political activists for a review of the 1992 Constitution to reflect the current democratic dispensation.
DL News16 September 2021
Asia
El Salvador court says presidents can serve two straight terms
Elected in 2019, Bukele enjoys broad support in El Salvador over his promises to fight organised crime and improve security in the violence-racked country.
DL News7 September 2021
General
Why Ghana’s “Auditor General Reports” Risk Becoming Circus Shows: Bright Simons
The sense that powerful people, especially those at the apex of the political system, are not exempt from the reach of public audits is the only way to restore confidence in the usefulness of these exercises.
DL News21 August 2021
General
President assures of effective security to check crime
Nana Nyarko expressed confidence in the ability of President Akufo-Addo and his government to deliver for the wellbeing of Ghanaians in fulfilment of his electoral promises.
DL News10 August 2021
Election Petition
NDC Assin North MP appeals High Court ruling annulling his election
In November last year, a group calling itself ‘Concerned Citizens of Assin North’ petitioned the Electoral Commission in the Central Region to withdraw the candidature of Mr. Quayson, arguing that he owes allegiance to Canada.
DL News2 August 2021
US
Mexico holds referendum on whether to prosecute ex-presidents
Mexico is ranked 124th out of 179 on Transparency International’s world Corruption Perceptions Index.
DL News2 August 2021
Courts
Full Judgment of the Cape Coast High Court in Michael Ankomah-Nimfah vs James Gyakye Quayson & The Electoral Commission of Ghana [PDF]
Mr. Quayson had argued that COVID-19 had led to the temporary closure of administrative functions, hence delaying the time his application ought to have been finalized.
DL News28 July 2021
Crime
Okada Rider Allegedly Murdered By Two Pillion Riders At Adaklu
The Assemblymember of Ablonu Electoral Area reported the incident to the Police, who later evacuated the deceased’s body to the morgue.
DL News4 July 2021